New Lens, New Location, Same 'Ol Drey

So i'm so proud that i've saved up enough money to buy this new lens. its for low light situations that i hate with a passion, and probably wont hate them as much now cause of it. This is Keller & Alli... the two (almost) one year olds. (pictures will be taken hopefully soon!)

so i decided to take Drey to a place i've driven by before and thought would be SO fun for pictures. and it was, minus Drey was not about to cooperate. he's had his pictures taken his whole life, but he decides when he wants them. which is usually when he's sportin the spider man costume "nut hugger". i got him all dolled up and was excited, cause my million pictures of him are still lost in hard drive hell, and the little bugger wouldn't even LOOK at me! the whole time he either pulled a face or looked away on purpose. oh well.
this is when he found out he'd been trollin....and this is the face i got after....

John's Day

Today is John's birthday. And although i'm sad that he's not here I feel like i've been celebrating. At his viewing, i was sad and i missed him, but it didn't feel like a viewing. It felt like a celebration. We all laughed and told stories, re-lived his nicknames for everyone and i even heard some of his jokes. it was awesome!. its just what he would have wanted. i am so grateful to you all who came and wiated 2 hours to see him and support us. i never pictured it being that insane. people were everywhere! My grandpa jack even got a kind note from none other that lewis feild, saying "sorry i backed into your car, please call me" ( i had held on to this to take a picture but i seemed to have misplaced it. plus it had lewis' number and that wouldn't be very nice of me to share) another lil old friend kinda got a little woozy on us wiating so long. my trusty eldest brother busts his blackberry out of his pocket and dials 911... he never called, but i thought to myself; only my Papa John could have managed to get an ambulance to a mortuary.... (picture that call.... "i need an ambulance at walkers mortuary!...") the funeral was great! everyone that spoke did such an awesome job. although i think it would really take a up to a week to cover all the stories and amazing things my dad did, we managed to touch base on a lot of the best parts. it was so great to see so many people turn out in tribute to the amazing person he truly was. the burial was wonderful. my brother did such a perfect job. my mom was so worried about where to take my dad, but i think once we got there and saw it, it was perfect. its just the place he always wanted to go.

so in all, this has been the week full of many emotions. and only my dad could bring out so many emotions in people all at once. and i want to be able to personaly thank everyone that took the time to come, to call, to send a card, but i know i won't be able to... there are just too many. so i want to take the time to say thank you! you have been wonderful, amazing, supportive and giving. the best family and friends~ i'll leave you with a john's infamous quote~

"You Be Good....."

loss for words....

I don't know how to throw this stuff running through my mind into words. don't even know if i can try. so if this is a little broken and scattered just deal...
but the family is going through a rough time. things are not looking good for my dad. so were trying to keep him happy and comfortable. i have such an amazing family, i think a lot of this is a direct result of having him as our father. My mother is seriously amazing. I can't imagine what she's feeling right now. but still she moves forward, she doesn't complain. Today is my moms birthday. I am so grateful for this day. That i have the mom i do. Next week is John's birthday. This is the week their 'officially' the same age ;) January has been a weird month for a long time. I'm so happy i have all the memories i do with my dad. and im proud of the man he always was. there's no one like him. Even though his time in this world may be cut short i'm sure the things he did and taught us all will be around much longer. most of my best memories involve my dad. john was always there for me, and my family, always. so we're trying to do the same, just be there for him. this is unbelievably hard, but as a family i think we get through anything. i'm lucky to have the family i do. i can never thank them enough for being who they are.